This is not the first time that matches have been poorly scheduled. India’s doubles specialist Jwala Gutta had slammed the poor scheduling when she had to play two matches on a day during the 2012 London Olympics.

During last year’s All England Championship, the match between Lee Chong Wei and India’s Sai Praneeth started around 3 am Indian time.

The qualifying rounds of Super Series tournaments also face similar scheduling issues when shuttlers don’t get enough time to rest due to lack of enough time between matches.